Combination-tool



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COMBINATION TOOL.

N0. 592,077. I Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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P TENT WILLIAM P. BURKHALTER, OF BRYAN, TEXAS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0-' 592,077, dated October 19, 1897.

Application filed April 13, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM P. BURKHAL- TER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bryan, in the county of Brazos and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in combination-tools and particularly to that class used in the house or workshop or on a farm. 7

The novel construction resides in the means for disconnecting the sections, thereby producing when desired a hammer and nail-set, and when the sections are connected a wrench, wire cutter, and staple-puller. One section of the tool is provided with a claw for pulling nails.

A further object of the invention is to produce a combination-tool which will prove strong, durable, and eflicient and at the same time comparatively inexpensive to produce.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

V wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a tool made in accordance with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the manner of connecting the handles. Figs. 3 and 4 are plan Views of the adjacent faces of the flattened portions of the handles.

Referring to the drawings, a a represent the handles, which have flattened portions b b where said handles are pivoted together in a manner to be readily detached for the purposes hereinafter more fully described.

On the outer end of the handle a is provided the lower section of a hammer-head,indicated by the letter 0, and on the handle a is provided the corresponding upper section of a hammer head a, curved rearwardly and notched as at d to produce a nail claw or ex- Serial No. 631,950. (No model.)

squared indentations f f which form squared holes when the handles are closed to be used as nut-wrenches. At the ends of the jaws are projections g g, tapering, toward their meeting ends. The projections thus formed are designed for use as staple-pullers, but the projection g performs a dual function in that it may be used as a nail-set in addition to its function as a staple-puller. In this connection there is formed on the claw a projection h, having a flattened upper side to be struck by a hammer in order that the nail may be set'in place. It will be obvious that when the nails are along the edge it will not be necessary to disconnect the handles, unless to use the lower section of the hammer to strike the projection, but simply spread the jaws to bring the point into contact with the nail,

when a second hammer may be utilized for the purpose of driving the nail.

In order that the two sections may be used either separately or together, there is formed on the flat portion b a pin or lug 1', having the semicircular head j, and on the portion b is a socket 6, having a semicircular opening j leading thereto, so that to connect the parts the pin is inserted in the socket and the sections turned in order that the semicircular will not register with the corresponding opening in the socket, the sections being thus firmly and securely locked together. If desired, this construction can be dispensed with and a bolt and nut of ordinary form substituted, as shown in Fig. 1, and in some respects this construction is preferable, although not so readily attached and detached.

To enable the device to be utilized as a wirecutter, I form the notches Z Z in the peripheries of the flattened portions on the handles. These notches are made so as to register when the jaws are opened, the operation being the same as that employed in the usual type of pliers or cutters.

It'will be observed from the foregoing description that various changes may be made in the details of construction, such as the one described of substituting the bolt and nut for the bayonet-joint connection, also in the position and proportions of the parts, and yet the spirit of my invention will not be departed from.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of two handles, a striking portion of a hammer-head formed on the end of one of the handles, and the upper portion of ahammer-head 011 the corresponding end of the other handle, a nail-set formed on the upper portion of the hammer-head by tapering the lower end thereof downward, a lug having a flattened top formed just above the nail-set, flattened portions formed on the sides of the handles back of the ham merhead, a pin having an enlarged semicircular head formed on one of the flattened sections, a socket formed in the other flattened section having part of its opening closed by a semicircular cap, whereby the pin maybe inserted and the handle turned when the head of the pin will engage the under side of the cap, ro-

tatably locking the parts together, for the purpose described.

2. A compound tool composed of two handles, an upper or claw portion of a hammer formed on one handle, a nail-set formed by tapering the lower portion of said claw downward, a striking-lug formed on said claw below a line which is tangent to the curved surface of the claw at the inner end of the notch, a lower or striking portion of a hammer-head formed on the other handle, flattened surfaces formed on the handles back of the ham mer-head portions, a pin formed on one of said flattened sections,said pin havinga semicircular head, the otherflattened surface having a socket, the opening thereto being partly closed by a semicircular cap, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM P. BURKIIAL'PER.

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V. B. IIUDsoN, T. O. DAVENPORT. 

